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From: edchip...@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:26:11 +0000
Local: Wed, Mar 14 2012 8:26 am
Subject: Re: Re: [silverstripe-dev] Re: Questions About The CMS Design
Interesting discussion last few days, and I must say I do like the change
On , mrsteveheyes <steve.he...@studiobonito.co.uk> wrote:
> Wow guys, I'm blown away my the speed of discussion and support there is
> in this! And there was me just thinking I was being awkward! > I think the quickest fix would be to add a "Add New Page" button above > the tree in the "Edit Page". This would remove most of the confusion and > wouldn't be too difficult to implement? > In the long run, I like Felipe's mock up, however I understand that > having nest tabs in tabs isn't ideal. I really like you're implementation > Sam. One thing I really liked about SSv2.4 was that when you logged in > you where straight into the pages sections and the tree was there and you > can edit straight away. Would it not be worth implementing most of the > functionality in Pages > Edit & Organize into the the column > (#cms-content-tools-CMSPageEditController) in "Edit Page". I guess > similiar to how it was in SSv2.4. I realise that we want to expand and > move forward and not necessarily copy the functionality in v2.4 but I > genuinely think that the "Edit & Organize" section does not need it's own > page. > Also, is there any way to create global settings at the moment? In v2.4 > you can create a SiteConfig_MySiteDecorator class in SiteConfig.php and > add global stuff that can be used in the templates. If i did this in SS3 > where would I be able to edit these? Haven't played about so doing that > annoying thing of asking before trying but thought I'd ask. > Top work. The SilverStripe community and team shine once again :) > Steve > On Wednesday, March 14, 2012 1:31:38 AM UTC, Sam Minnée wrote:I wouldn't > want to do anything this major without Felipe's involvement, who's on > leave at the moment. For now, Ingo, my inclination would be to trial the > smaller change you suggested and see how it plays out. > If we decide that a UI that takes more dev work is really going to be > what improves the interaction, we can consider whether we want to > prioritise that over other stuff in the pipeline. It may seem like we're > reworking it to death, but it is the single most common interaction and > it is worth our attention. > Ingo - do you want to raise a ticket for your quick fix? > On 14/03/2012, at 2:10 PM, Sigurd Magnusson wrote: > I know there was a discussion earlier, eg post alpha2, but from memory > this led to us introducing the site tree back in edit-page view. > This thread is now dealing with the implications of that change --- which > a lot of us are now having the first chance to play with. > Agree we'd hope to avoid major rework, but we do want to ensure we > deliver something with a great, intuitive, interface. > Right now we do have an issue that stops us short of that goal. > Here's my skitch to show how the Edit Pages / Pages can be integrated: > https://skitch.com/sigurdmagnusson/8j4ms/screen-shot-2012-03-14-at-1.... > - As you can see, clicking [Manage >>] widens the tree panel to become > the existing Edit and Organize system; and when in that mode, clicking a > page reverts the tree panel back to the view shown on Skitch. > - The Filter panel needs to be there. > - I've left the fate of Content/Settings/History tabs as a question mark, > as Ingo you've suggested a few ideas and I'm less concerned by how that > part is resolved. That said, Felipe's link you posted at > https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-design/blob/master/Desig... > does seem like a very clean and logical interface for shifting those > items to top right. > - The result is we only need 'Pages' on the main left hand menu, and > lose 'Edit Page' as a top level menu item. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "SilverStripe Core Development" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/silverstripe-dev/-/ECQbTlEenaAJ. > To post to this group, send email to silverstripe-dev@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > silverstripe-dev+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/silverstripe-dev?hl=en. You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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